Stinkypup

I am pretty sure that this isn't possible medically
Too much salt obviously has health ramifications but considering we have a fair whack of sodium chloride and electrolytes in our bodies this wouldn't make any sense.

Tirytory

Ah what do you know? You're only a doctor...

magnumpi

Symptoms Of Allergy To Salt: Natural Remedies For Allergic Reactions

Maybe a allergy then not allergic ?

not2old

did you read that link which magnumpi gave us?

from that link & no, I'm not paranoid

Salt Allergy And Intolerance Symptoms
Most common salt allergy symptoms are:
Hives.
Rash.
Skin itching.
Swelling in lips.
Tingling sensation on tongue.
Tingling sensation in mouth.
Swelling of the throat, face and tongue.
Vomiting.
Nausea.
Diarrhea.
Pain in abdomen.
Dizziness.
Fainting.
Anaphylactic reaction.

Pulaski

The "salt alergies" are thought to be mostly allergies to additives in the salt, not an allergy to NaCl itself. Though given the nutritional need that humans have for iodine, how an allergy to iodine makes any more sense than an allergy to NaCl, is a mystery to me!

There is also something known as water allergy too, though it isn't technically an allergy.

Tirytory

Not2old that just describes generalised allergic reactions which can vary in degree from mild to life threatening. The above are in no way specific to one allergen.

Tirytory

Find me a medically recognised article recognising salt allergy then we'll talk...

Pulaski ... Iodine is a recognised allergen, Bats will tell you and likewise I would have to check for it in X-Ray where it's commonly used for contrast screening. Could have a significant allergic reaction to Iodine.

Alan2005

I'm not a doctor or any kind of medical professional, but isn't salt sort of essential for not dying?

Tirytory

It certainly does play a major part in our electrolyte balance...

Pulaski

But without it you'll get goitre.

BristolUK

Or fear of drowning.

A bit like not being afraid of flying...it's afraid of crashing.

AlliF

Personally I have a few problems with that article.

Any Tom, Dick or Harry could have written it - there is no indication of the qualifications of the author(s) that I can see.

There are no references to any studies upon which their information is based that I can see.
Totally unprofessional.

I'm not the grammar police (mine is by no means perfect), but the grammar in it is all over the place, certainly not what you would expect from a genuine, professionally written article.

The article also contradicts itself by saying it is not the salt that people are "having allergy" to but the products that come along with it. Then it spends the rest of the article referring to these salt allergies.
Apparently the "chances are very less" of you having a salt allergy.

I don't know one way or the other about this kind of thing but I wouldn't be taking this article at face value personally.

I hope you get some answers soon from your Doctor.

Stinkypup

Er yep- and just wasted 12seconds of my life doing so- not research, not evidence base- look at the website it quotes "Simple Remedies" ..Seriously???
Maybe Im too much of a scientist but I do know my science and stick to my previous comments
Yes as I said excess salt causes electrolyte imbalance and dehydration but it is by no means an allergy.
N20- ask a clinical question and I will give you a hopefully sensible medically evidence based response, nothing more nothing less. Don't believe every unresearched article on the internet... look at what the antivaccination idiots spew out to the unsuspecting public as an example of unpeer reviewed information which tbh is shite

They daren't even put their name at the top, just initials- probably Mildred Koolsprit, Mad cat woman, article compiled amongst a lot of kitchen clutter on a laptop borrowed from her granddaughter- not an article one would be expect to be picked up any time soon by the Lancet!

magnumpi

Get checked out N2O and report back please :@)

MikeUK

Go the F***ing doctor and don't get advice on an Internet forum

Idiot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry to be so bloody blunt !!